Cyprus at the Olympics

Cyprus at the Olympics
Cyprus at the Olympic Games

Flag of Cyprus – Flag bearers
IOC code  CYP
NOC The Cyprus National Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.org.cy (Greek) (English)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
Winter Games
1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010

Cyprus (CYP) has sent athletes to every Olympic Games held since 1980, although the country has never won an Olympic medal. They had a near miss at the 2008 Olympics when Antonis Nikolaidis lost the bronze medal shoot-off in men's skeet. The first modern Olympian from Cyprus was actually Anastasios Andreou in 1896, who competed under the Greek flag. At this time, Cyprus was a British colony.

Because the so called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not internationally recognized, it has no Olympic committee.[1] Therefore, all Cypriot Olympians compete under the name and flag of the Republic of Cyprus.

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